Test 6 · ★ · Weather and seasons
Tom asks, "Is orage orange?" during thunder. What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, truth · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: orage orange · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 13 «Weather and seasons» of the French course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Tom asks, "Is orage orange?" during thunder.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 orange | punct |
| 5 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 orange | cop |
| 6 | orage | orage | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 orange | amod |
| 7 | orange | orange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | parataxis |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 orange | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 orange | punct |
| 10 | during | during | ADP | _ | 11 thunder | case |
| 11 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Tom | during thunder | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | orage orange | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What's the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, un orage is a thunderstorm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 thunderstorm | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | un | un | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 orage | compound |
| 4 | orage | orage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thunderstorm | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 thunderstorm | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 thunderstorm | det |
| 7 | thunderstorm | thunderstorm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | un orage | a thunderstorm | tree rules |
Option 2
No, orage is a flash of lightning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 flash | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | orage | orage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flash | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 flash | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 flash | det |
| 6 | flash | flash | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 lightning | case |
| 8 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flash | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | orage | a flash | of lightning | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, but only at sunset
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 sunset | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 sunset | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 sunset | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 sunset | case |
| 6 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yes, orage is the colour orange
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 orange | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | orage | orage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 orange | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 orange | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 colour | det |
| 6 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 orange | compound |
| 7 | orange | orange | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | orage | colour orange | tree rules |
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